Written by

Allison Gatlin
agatlin@thecalifornian.com

After 30 years with the Salinas Police Department, Deputy Chief Cassie McSorley conducted her final briefing Thursday before settling into well-deserved retirement.

McSorley was hired by Salinas police in 1983 at the age of 23. As an officer, she worked patrol and was assigned to a driving-under-the-influence enforcement team for nearly two years.

Promoted to police specialist/corporal in 1988, McSorley also served as a field training officer and vice/narcotic detective. She was promoted to sergeant in 1989 and resumed working in patrol as a supervisor, working all three patrol ...